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Player wants the word 'Satan' uncensored in League of Legends

A League of Legends player is upset that while the name "Jesus" is uncensored, "Satan" is - and he wants that changed in a petition to Riot.

According to player Beau Guthery, allowing Jesus and the names of other Gods to be unfiltered while Satan is blocks the "Satanists' right to freedom of religion by preventing them from using the name Satan."

Guthery has even posted a petition for Riot to amend the policy, which states, "Please unfilter the word "Satan" from the game "League Of Legends." Let Satanists and others who would like to freely use that name be given that ability. We who sign this petition just want to be treated equally. Your own forum mods and employees say that you listen to the community of game players. Here we are, asking for you to make a small change in the game that would respond to our wishes and give us equality with players who already can select the god of their choice." (The petition has 209 signatures as of this article's writing.)

The gamer is not alone, as The Church of Satan has starting raising awareness of this injustice on Twitter and Facebook.